#NicolaOlyslagers# McDermott# Gold2023
Nicola Lauren Olyslagers (née McDermott) (born 28 December 1996) is an Australian high jumper. Olyslagers won the silver medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the high jump and is the current high jump Oceanian record holder.
Career
Olyslagers competed in the women’s high jump at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. Olyslagers also competed in the women’s high jump at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where she achieved a personal best jump of 1.91m and won the bronze medal. On 20 June 2019, Olyslagers jumped a personal best of 1.96m at Mestský Stadion, Ostrava, Czech Republic Achieving a new personal best of 1.98 m in Sinn, Germany, on 29 August 2020, she rose to second place in the all-time list of Australian women high jumpers.
Olyslagers set Australian and Oceanian records with a personal best 2.00 m jump on 18 April 2021. She improved her personal best to 2.01 in Stockholm on 4 July 2021 and to 2.02 at the Tokyo Olympics on 7 August 2021, winning silver.
International competitions
Year Competition Venue Position Notes
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 16th (q) 1.79 m
2015 Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 4th 1.80 m
2017 Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 7th 1.88 m
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 3rd 1.91 m
IAAF Continental Cup Győr, Hungary 5th 1.87 m
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 15th (q) 1.90 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 2nd 2.02 m (AR)
2022 World Championships Eugene Oregon, USA 5th 1.96 m
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